Housing associations, managing agents and inspection companies working in Belfast run PAT programmes under Northern Ireland's regulatory framework. Here's what applies, how often it's due, and how local providers manage it with Kaarr.
Northern Ireland applies equivalent duties under the Electricity at Work Regulations (NI) 1991, enforced by HSENI, with the same IET risk-based testing approach.
Where providers supply appliances, they must be maintained in a safe condition. Faulty portable appliances are a common ignition source; a labelled, logged annual test programme is cheap assurance and clean audit evidence.
Belfast is in Northern Ireland, so the governing framework is: Electricity at Work Regulations (NI) 1991. Northern Ireland applies equivalent duties under the Electricity at Work Regulations (NI) 1991, enforced by HSENI, with the same IET risk-based testing approach.
No law says 'PAT annually' — the legal duty is to maintain equipment safely, and inspection/testing at a risk-based frequency is how you demonstrate it. Annual testing of communal appliances is the accepted norm.
There's no fixed statutory interval for PAT: the law requires electrical equipment to be maintained safely, with risk-based inspection frequency. For communal appliances in shared and supported housing — kettles, toasters, microwaves, white goods — annual combined inspection and testing is the standard Kaarr schedules.
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